Giuseppe Merli
active 1750-1800
Left Half of Atrium with Monumental Staircase and a Separate Drawing of a Wing with Pedimented Doorway
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, and blue, brown-red, and green watercolor, over graphite, on paper; framing lines in pen and black ink; numbered scale along left edge, in pen and gray ink.
18 13/16 x 20 9/16 inches (477 x 523 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:406
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Joseph Merli Mediolani Invenit e Delineavit"; at upper left, "Atrio d'un Palazzo".
Provenance:
Alexandre Benois; acquired in 1963 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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